{"id":129237,"date":"2024-11-23T17:02:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T10:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129237"},"modified":"2024-11-23T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T10:02:13","slug":"saber-tooth-cat-cub-is-first-to-be-found-mummified-in-ice-and-it-still-has-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129237","title":{"rendered":"Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Is First to Be Found Mummified in Ice \u2013 and it Still Has Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211938\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-211938 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-696x523.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-559x420.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1-530x398.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fig-2NG.1.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit \u2013 Alexey V. Lopatin, et al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite hundreds of scientific illustrations, no one knew for sure what a saber-toothed cat actually looked like, until now.<\/p>\n<p>As is sometimes the case, Siberian prospectors looking for mammoth tusks, likely illicitly, have uncovered another incredible Pleistocene mammal frozen in permafrost\u2014in this instance, a \u201csaber-tooth kitten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belonging to the species <i class=\" \">Homotherium latidens,\u00a0<\/i>paleontologists at the Russian Academy of Sciences published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-024-79546-1\">paper<\/a> describing it, in which they introduce the world to the first real image of a saber-tooth cat, and they\u2019ve picked out a variety of interesting details.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, images produced according to fossilized bones have assumed that the long saber-like teeth grew down out of the animal\u2019s mouth, but this\u00a0<em>Homotherium\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>lips are twice as deep as other species of saber-tooth cats like\u00a0<em>Smilodon.\u00a0<\/em>This suggests the teeth may have been completely concealed.<\/p>\n<p>Other details, like muscular proportions and small foot pads, as well as the \u201ccompletely unexpected\u201d color of the beast\u2019s fur, have presented the full picture of an animal that evolved in an environment and for hunting methods that have no modern parallel, scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cub had the enlarged neck muscles thought to occur in adults, and also had long, muscular forelimbs seen in adult <em>Homotherium<\/em>,\u201d says Margaret Lewis, a paleontologist at Stockton University in New Jersey who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/article\/sabertooth-cat-mummy-first-cub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> was speaking with Nat Geo<\/a>. The cub\u2019s jaw was already capable of wide gapes needed to fit those gnashers around their prey\u201415% larger than a lion cub of the same age.<\/p>\n<p>The limbs too, were larger. In general,\u00a0<em>Homotherium <\/em>was short bodied with long limbs and the mummified cub\u2019s were around 23% longer than a lion cub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe uniform dark brown color of the mummy fur turned out to be completely unexpected,\u201d Alexy Lopatin, the lead author on the paper from the Russian Academy told Nat Geo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER RECENT DISCOVERIES OF THE SORT: <\/strong><a title=\"Frozen in Time: 32,000-Year-old Woolly Rhino Found with Skin, Fur, and Organs Intact\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/frozen-in-time-32000-year-old-woolly-rhino-found-with-skin-fur-and-organs-intact\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Frozen in Time: 32,000-Year-old Woolly Rhino Found with Skin, Fur, and Organs Intact<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the last Ice Age, huge herbivores trampled and grazed on plants, particularly shrubs and trees, meaning that much like today\u2019s savannahs, it would make the most sense for a predator that hunted juvenile and elderly members of these species\u2014including mammoths\u2014to blend into the grasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fascinating that there doesn\u2019t seem to be any spotting or striping on the cubs,\u201d Reynolds says, as such patterns are common among modern cats, including those who prowl among grasses.<\/p>\n<p>A mystery surrounds the lack of a carpal pad\u2014the one that sits higher up the foot of modern\u00a0<em>Pantherids,\u00a0<\/em>but for now, the study authors were not able to identify a reason for this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ICE AGE BEASTS: <\/strong><a title=\"Woman Finds Foot-long Mastodon Tooth From Ice Age on a California Beach\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/woman-finds-foot-long-mastodon-tooth-from-ice-age-on-a-california-beach\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Woman Finds Foot-long Mastodon Tooth From Ice Age on a California Beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Homotherium\u00a0<\/em>ranged widely all throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and previous remains have been found in North America. 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